Playoff Schedule - Who has the easy matchup ??

Question:

Ronnie, in my league the playoffs are NFL weeks 15 and 16. Taking a look ahead arethere any offenses that have favorable defensive matchups both weeks? Are there any players on those teams that look to be studs both weeks?

Response:


First, let's take a look at week #15's & #16's schedule.

WEEK 15

Saturday, Dec. 17

Tampa Bay at New England 1:30 p.m.
Kansas City at N.Y. Giants 5:00 p.m.
Denver at Buffalo 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 18

Arizona at Houston 1:00 p.m.
Carolina at New Orleans 1:00 p.m.
Dallas at Washington 1:00 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Miami 1:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Minnesota 1:00 p.m.
San Diego at Indianapolis 1:00 p.m.
Seattle at Tennessee 1:00 p.m.
San Francisco at Jacksonville 1:00 p.m.
Cincinnati at Detroit 4:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Oakland 4:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at St. Louis 4:15 p.m.
Atlanta at Chicago 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 19

Green Bay at Baltimore 9:00 p.m.

WEEK 16

Saturday, Dec. 24

Atlanta at Tampa Bay 1:00 p.m.
Buffalo at Cincinnati 1:00 p.m.
Dallas at Carolina 1:00 p.m.
Detroit at New Orleans 1:00 p.m.
Jacksonville at Houston 1:00 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Washington 1:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Cleveland 1:00 p.m.
San Diego at Kansas City 1:00 p.m.
San Francisco at St. Louis 1:00 p.m.
Tennessee at Miami 1:00 p.m.
Philadelphia at Arizona 4:05 p.m.
Indianapolis at Seattle 4:15 p.m.
Oakland at Denver 4:15 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 25

Chicago at Green Bay 5:00 p.m.
Minnesota at Baltimore 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 26
New England at N.Y. Jets 9:00 p.m.

Most Fantasy Football playoffs start in week #15 and #16. The point here is to not play any playoff games in week #17 as to eliminate the possibility of any player sitting.

Here are some teams with good matchups both weeks:

Carolina Panthers - Jake Delhomme and Steve Smith

Jacksonville Jags - Byron Leftwich, Jimmy Smith and fraud Taylor (if healthy).

Pittsburgh Steelers - Ben Roethlisberger, Hines Ward, Steelers Defense

St. Louis Rams - Marc Bulger, Steven Jackson, Tory Holt

Cincinnati Bengals - Carson Palmer, Rudi and Chad Johnson

Denver Broncos - Jake Plummer, Bell or Anderson

Miami Dolphins - Ronnie Brown (if Ricky Williams isn't sharing too many carries)


Sincerely, Ronnie Keesee